Goal Attainment Scaling
eBook - ePub

Goal Attainment Scaling

Applications, Theory, and Measurement

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Goal Attainment Scaling

Applications, Theory, and Measurement

About this book

There is an extensive literature on Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), but the publications are widely scattered and often inaccessible, covering several foreign countries and many professional disciplines and fields of application. This book provides both a user manual and a complete reference work on GAS, including a comprehensive account of what the method is, what its strengths and limitations are, how it can be used, and what it can offer. The book is designed to be of interest to service providers, program directors and administrators, service and business organizations, program evaluators, researchers, and students in a variety of fields.

No previous account of GAS has provided an up-to-date, comprehensive description and explanation of the technique. The chapters include a basic "how to do it" handbook, step-by-step implementation instructions, frequently occurring problems and what should be done about them, methods for monitoring the quality of the goal setting process, and a discussion of policy and administration issues. There are many illustrations from actual applications including examples of goals scaled for the individual, the specific program, the agency, or the total system. Procedures for training and estimates of training costs are also provided.

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Yes, you can access Goal Attainment Scaling by Thomas J. Kiresuk,Aaron Smith,Joseph E. Cardillo in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Research & Methodology in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. Foreword by Byron Wm. Brown, Jr.
  8. Foreword by Robert F. Rich
  9. Preface
  10. 1 Introduction and Overview
  11. 2 Illustrations of Goal Setting
  12. 3 Goal Setting, Follow-Up, and Goal Monitoring
  13. 4 Applications of Goal Attainment Scaling
  14. 5 Training in Goal Attainment Scaling
  15. 6 Implementing Goal Attainment Scaling
  16. 7 Historical Perspective
  17. 8 Conceptual Background
  18. 9 Psychometric Issues
  19. 10 Reliability of Goal Attainment Scores
  20. 11 Perspectives on Validity
  21. Appendix A: Summary Score Conversion Key
  22. Appendix B: Keeping Follow-Up Guides on Target
  23. Afterword
  24. References
  25. Author Index
  26. Subject Index